ZURICH – Tournament favourite Wang Yue (23, Elo 2,732) first had a rough time in round 5 of the 11th World University Chess Championship in Zurich. His opponent Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa (21, Elo 2,460) put him under strong pressure right from the beginning. In a quiet line of the Catalan Opening the untitled Mongolian […]
Marijn Otte (NED)ZURICH – Two long fights between the leaders, but no decision – after round four nobody was left with a clean score in the World University Chess Championships in Zurich. Ilya Khmelniker from Israel had been the surprise of the first third of the men’s tournament. However, before round 4 his chances […]
Yue Wang (CHN) ZURICH – Day two of the 11th World University Chess Championship proved that students, not especially noted for early-birdlyness – in particular not if chess players -, can still be motivated to work in the morning hours. In fact, the second round was marked by such a singular determination and fighting […]
ZURICH – The 11th World University Chess Championship started on Sunday morning in Zurich with a splendid musical opening ceremony. Bernhard Burkhardt (President of the Organising Committee), Hassan Chick (FISU Vice-President) and Andreas Fischer (Rector of the University of Zurich) welcomed the 150 participants and guests with brief and well-appreciated speeches. Felix Hindermann pronounced the […]
Heads of Delegation Meeting ZURICH – On September 4th, in Zurich were held the meetings (CISCA and General technical meeting) for the participants of the 11th World University Chess Championship. The Championship will start on today September 5th, 10 a.m., in the ‘Lichthof’ of the University of Zurich. In the name of FISU, EC member […]
Illustration from the booklet “International Chess” (2009) illustrating the chess collection of Dr. Mario Gmür ZURICH – In less than a week from now the 11th World University Chess Championship will start on the premises of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Among the participants are twenty strong grandmasters. A number of […]
Swiss representative Monika Seps (copyright ASVZ/Hansjörg Egger, 2010) ZURICH – Less than a month before the start of the 11th FISU World University Chess Championship most of the participants are known. 27 nations have entered and about 100 players of both sexes will participate in the contest which will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, […]
MACEIO – Maceió starts to get into the mood of the FISU World University Championship. The city will host the 6th World University Beach Volleyball Championship in 2012. Luciano Cabral, President of the Brazilian University Sports Confederation (CBDU) and FISU Vice-President, gave to mayor Cicero Almeida the FISU flag and the document that […]
